Michael Prysner (born June 15, 1983) is an American political activist.
He is the co-founder of March Forward!, an organization of active-duty members of the US military and veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who encourages current active-duty service personnel to resist deployment.
Prysner is a US Army veteran who served in Iraq.
His rank was corporal.
According to Prysner, his duties in Iraq included ground surveillance, home raids and the interrogation of prisoners, and these experiences led him to take an anti-war stand.In March 2008, Prysner was a member of a panel discussing the topic Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan in Maryland.
At the event, he spoke about period in Iraq as a soldier and his personal views about the two wars.
His testimony became known as the "Our Real Enemies" speech and it begged a standing ovation in the end.
Also, in 2008, Prysner ran a write-in campaign for the US House of Representatives for Florida's 22nd congressional district (Boca Raton).
He is a member of Party for Socialism and Liberation and A.N.S.W.E.R..In November 2011, Prysner was arrested in Occupy Los Angeles.
He was released after posting bail.Prysner is also a producer and co-writer for the program The Empire Files, with Abby Martin.He performed the rap "Skit 6" on the album Soundtrack to the Struggle.